On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 11:28 AM, rvent <bacula-forum AT backupcentral DOT com> 
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am new to Bacula and so far i really like it.
>
> I am testing Bacula and at the moment i am trying to backup to disk. 
> Everything seems to be working fine except that the file transfers from the 
> client to the server are not very fast.
>
> The server's interface is a 2Gbps card, the client's is 10/100mbps, the ports 
> on the switch where they both connect is 10/100 so i know i am not going to 
> get anything faster than 100mbps. However, i am not getting anywhere near 
> that.
>
> I found out i was using the default "Maximum Network Buffer Size" so i 
> changed that to 100mbps or 13107200 bytes, however, when the backup runs it 
> only gets to 1489510.4 bytes per second. If i copy the same amount of data 
> between the same server using "scp" i get 11MB/s.
>
> Is there anything i can check...?
>
> Thanks, bellow are the relevant config files.
>
>
> bacula-dir.conf
>
> Job &#123;
> &nbsp; Name = test1
> &nbsp; Type = Backup
> &nbsp; Level = Incremental
> &nbsp; Client = client1-fd
> &nbsp; FileSet = "wintest"
> &nbsp; Schedule = "WeeklyCycle"
> &nbsp; Storage = File
> &nbsp; Messages = Standard
> &nbsp; Pool = Default
> &nbsp; Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bacula/%c.bsr"
> &nbsp; Priority = 10
> &#125;
>
> Client &#123;
> &nbsp; Name = client1-fd
> &nbsp; Address = client1.domain.com
> &nbsp; FDPort = 9102
> &nbsp; Catalog = MyCatalog
> &nbsp; Password = "asdfsda"&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; # password for FileDaemon
> &nbsp; File Retention = 14 days&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; # 30 
> days
> &nbsp; Job Retention = 1 months&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; # 
> six months
> &nbsp; AutoPrune = yes&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 
> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;# Prune expired Jobs/Files
> &#125;
>
> Storage &#123;
> &nbsp; Name = File
> &nbsp; Address = server.domain.com
> &nbsp; SDPort = 9103
> &nbsp; Password = "asdf"
> &nbsp; Device = FileStorage
> &nbsp; Media Type = File
> &#125;
>
>
> bacula-sd.conf
>
> Device &#123;
> &nbsp; Name = FileStorage
> &nbsp; Media Type = File
> &nbsp; Archive Device = /bacula-staging/backups
> &nbsp; LabelMedia = yes;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 
> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;# lets Bacula label unlabeled media
> &nbsp; Random Access = Yes;
> &nbsp; AutomaticMount = yes;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 
> &nbsp;# when device opened, read it
> &nbsp; RemovableMedia = no;
> &nbsp; Maximum Network Buffer Size = 13107200
> &nbsp; AlwaysOpen = no;
> &#125;
>

Turn off software compression and see if that helps. Also maybe turn
on attribute spooling.

John

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